Duke University · 6 days ago
PROGRAM MANAGER, DICON
Durham, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior LevelDuke University School of Medicine is a prestigious institution known for its inclusive community and commitment to improving human health. The Program Manager for the DICON will serve as an Infection Prevention Consultant, working closely with community hospitals to develop and strengthen their infection prevention programs.
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Responsibilities
Serve as an Infection Prevention Consultant for the DICON Team making on-site or virtual remote visits as needed and working with local hospital infection preventionist (IP) on a regular basis. Attend Infection Prevention/Control Committee, Departmental or Administrative meetings at DICON community hospitals as needed. The expectation for this position is to visit DICON member hospitals assigned to this position at least 1x/month either in-person or virtual remote visit and attend Infection Control Committee meetings as required. DICON consultants will typically have between eight to ten community hospitals assigned to each of them
Evaluate and assess existing infection prevention programs at community hospitals assigned to this position by preparing an infection prevention risk assessment using regulatory and/or accrediting standards as a guide, and provide recommendations for development and strengthening of infection control policies
Provide on-site or virtual remote consultation on a monthly basis for each DICON community assigned to this position. Tasks include:
Review the surveillance activities (definitions, data collection and presentation) performed by the hospital IP and validate data
Answer questions by the hospital IP in connection with DICON database management (data entry, report functions)
Review DICON benchmarking reports with hospital IP and other staff such as CMO, CNO and Director of Infection Control. As requested, present data to infection control committee and answer questions regarding graph interpretations
Assist hospital IP with the use of G-charting and T-charting to analyze data
Attend Infection Control Committee meetings when requested to answer questions or provide surveillance data
Serve as hospital IP on a temporary basis when the local IP is on leave or additional IP support is needed at hospital
Assist hospital IP, CMO, and CNO with preparation for accreditation and/or other regulatory agency surveys. . Assistance includes review of Infection Control plan, risk assessment, policies/procedures, and conducting tracer interviews to insure compliance. Participate in hospital environmental/construction rounds by rounding with the team and reviewing the data gathered or presented
Assist hospital IP and other staff with cluster and outbreak investigations. Be available 24/7 for questions during the investigation
Assist with mandatory reporting for state and CMS requirements to CDC NHSN. Help prepare reports of data from the DICON database to send to NHSN
Review and assist with web-based educational training available on the DICON web site such as CVC insertion, CVC care and maintenance, hand hygiene, safe injection practices, and prevention of surgical site infections
Provide advice and guidance in implementing DICON prevention initiatives such as CAUTI, C. difficile, colorectal surgery and spinal procedures
Summarize and/or present an overview of new guidelines and/or practice standards (CDC, IHI, TJC, CMS, etc.)
Review the data included in the DICON Infection Preventionist Manual with local hospital infection preventionist (IP). Assist in updating manual when needed
Review infection-control related incident reports and advise as to appropriate treatment, corrective action, and /or possible future preventative measures (as-needed). Involve DICON physicians as appropriate
Provide evaluations and recommendations for improving the cost-effectiveness of the infection prevention programs
Assist with the development and implementation of a continuing education program for health care professionals involved in the delivery of infection prevention services
Assist in the development of a surveillance program that is epidemiologically sound
Provide input and support for the Annual DICON Educational Symposium to include coordinating and presenting topics of interest to hospital IP
Coordinate the installation and interfacing of the DICON databases (initially for new DICON hospitals). Train applicable personnel to utilize databases (ongoing for existing DICON hospitals). Assist with the maintenance and updating of the databases (ongoing)
Coordinate and implement special studies and research projects when requested by DICON physicians
Assist with orientation of new Infection Preventionist at local hospital when requested
Qualification
Required
Serve as an Infection Prevention Consultant for community hospitals in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network (DICON) in the ongoing development of their infection prevention programs
Attend Infection Prevention/Control Committee, Departmental or Administrative meetings at DICON community hospitals as needed
Evaluate and assess existing infection prevention programs at community hospitals assigned to this position by preparing an infection prevention risk assessment using regulatory and/or accrediting standards as a guide
Provide on-site or virtual remote consultation on a monthly basis for each DICON community assigned to this position
Review the surveillance activities (definitions, data collection and presentation) performed by the hospital IP and validate data
Answer questions by the hospital IP in connection with DICON database management (data entry, report functions)
Review DICON benchmarking reports with hospital IP and other staff such as CMO, CNO and Director of Infection Control
Assist hospital IP with the use of G-charting and T-charting to analyze data
Attend Infection Control Committee meetings when requested to answer questions or provide surveillance data
Serve as hospital IP on a temporary basis when the local IP is on leave or additional IP support is needed at hospital
Assist hospital IP, CMO, and CNO with preparation for accreditation and/or other regulatory agency surveys
Assist hospital IP and other staff with cluster and outbreak investigations
Assist with mandatory reporting for state and CMS requirements to CDC NHSN
Help prepare reports of data from the DICON database to send to NHSN
Review and assist with web-based educational training available on the DICON web site
Provide advice and guidance in implementing DICON prevention initiatives
Summarize and/or present an overview of new guidelines and/or practice standards
Review the data included in the DICON Infection Preventionist Manual with local hospital infection preventionist (IP)
Review infection-control related incident reports and advise as to appropriate treatment, corrective action, and /or possible future preventative measures
Provide evaluations and recommendations for improving the cost-effectiveness of the infection prevention programs
Assist with the development and implementation of a continuing education program for health care professionals involved in the delivery of infection prevention services
Assist in the development of a surveillance program that is epidemiologically sound
Provide input and support for the Annual DICON Educational Symposium
Coordinate the installation and interfacing of the DICON databases
Train applicable personnel to utilize databases
Assist with the maintenance and updating of the databases
Coordinate and implement special studies and research projects when requested by DICON physicians
Assist with orientation of new Infection Preventionist at local hospital when requested
Company
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university providing undergraduate and postgraduate education in medicine and other disciplines.
Founded in 1838
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